A computational study on spray dispersal in the wake of an aircraft

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 847-868

  Ryan, S D ^a   Gerber, A G ^a   Holloway, A G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

AGDISP; Computational fluid dynamics; Droplet dispersion; Droplet size spectra; Lagrangian tracking; Modeling; Multiphase flow; Near wake; Pesticide; Rotary cage atomizers; Small aircraft; Spray plume; Spraying; Turbulent dispersion; Wingtip vortices

Indexed keywords

AGDISP; DROPLET DISPERSION; DROPLET SIZE SPECTRUM; LAGRANGIAN TRACKING; NEAR WAKE; ROTARY CAGE ATOMIZERS; SMALL AIRCRAFT; SPRAY PLUME; TURBULENT DISPERSION; WINGTIP VORTEX;

AIRCRAFT MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATOMIZATION; ATOMIZERS; DISPERSIONS; DROP FORMATION; MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PESTICIDES; SPRAYING; TURBULENCE MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; DROPLET; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SPRAY; VORTICITY;

EID: 84884201457     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10022     Document Type: Article

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